PARIS — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 3, 2014 —
AKKA Technologies and Dassault Systèmes (Paris:
DSY), two international
companies that are pioneers and trailblazers in their respective
markets, today announced a long-term partnership aimed at promoting
innovation in the self-driving connected vehicle market. Aware that two
leading organizations together, such as AKKA and Dassault Systèmes, can
be a powerful driver for industry innovation and growth, Maurice Ricci,
CEO of the AKKA Technologies Group and Bernard Charlès, President and
CEO of Dassault Systèmes, have decided to join together to address the
challenges of the quickly advancing connected mobility market.

With this partnership, AKKA and Dassault Systèmes will offer high-end
engineering services and solutions to help the global automotive
industry. The topic of driverless and connected vehicles is critical and
one of the 34 projects of the “New Face of the Industry” promoted by the
French government.

Both companies share the same drive to answer the market’s demand for
ever more connectivity, the challenge of cloud-enabled vehicle services,
and the move towards “consumer experience” a primary business goal.
Smart, driverless vehicles, a result of collaboration between the
automotive sector and the digital economy, are a perfect example of the
cloud-enabled consumer experience. For AKKA, this means developing the
self-driving connected concept car known as the Link&Go, considered one
of the best showcases of smart driverless technology. For Dassault
Systèmes, it means delivering its 3DEXPERIENCE platform, a cloud-based
collaborative business platform, to AKKA and the overall transportation
and mobility industry.

AKKA’s engineers will draw upon the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to develop the
next generation of its autonomously driving Link&Go concept car, using
Dassault Systèmes applications to ideate, design, simulate and validate
on a single collaborative platform hosted on the Cloud. The new
partnership will help speed up the development of the next Link&Go
concept, whose technological advancements will focus on how mobility
consumers can benefit from customised and customisable services.
Bringing the new vehicle development platform and the 3DEXPERIENCE
platform together will facilitate project management throughout the
design phase, providing engineers with a unified social collaboration
space that encourages the adoption of new technologies and new
processes, the pooling of institutional know-how, and the unleashing of
a multicultural, global experience approach.

“This partnership is a real technological development that will help
create new services to suit the connected world and promote our
engineers’ excellence and creativity,” explains Maurice Ricci.

“The challenges of creating mobility experiences of the future are
fundamentally transforming the entire industry,” added Bernard Charlès.
“What does a car experience look like when you tie it to the cloud,
infotainment, mapping and GPS, and so many more services? This
partnership will answer those questions, support driverless vehicle
development, and address infrastructure integration, such as
connectivity to the smart city of the future.”

It offers self-drive and manual modes with a totally new approach to
interior ergonomics. Robotic and high tech technologies converge to
support the Cloud & Big Data. The goal of the Link&Go is to blend in
with its urban environment. Equipped with cognitive intelligence, it is
the user who is at the heart of this highly innovative project. The
connected vehicle communicates with the world around it, with other
vehicles and with the user’s environment to offer personalised services
to suit different profiles.

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About AKKA Technologies

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.Let’s
share our passion for technology.”

AKKA Technologies, a European Engineering and Technology Consultancy
Group, supports major industrial and service sector clients throughout
the various phases of their projects, from R&D and design studies to
industrial production. Expertise in a range of complementary fields
means that AKKA Technologies can offer real added value to its clients
in every market segment, including aviation, automotive, space/defence,
consumer electronics, telecommunications, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
steel, energy, rail, marine and the service industry.

Market leader in Germany and France in the automotive and aeronautical
industries, and thanks to the mobility of its teams and an international
position, AKKA Technologies works on projects at the cutting edge of
technology all over the world.

The AKKA Technologies Group has more than 11,000 employees and has a
presence in 20 countries: Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, India, Morocco, the Netherlands,
Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, the U.A.E., the
United Kingdom and the U.S.A. AKKA is committed to building a group
turning over 1 billion Euros, more than 50% of which will be outside
France.